Knoxville


Entrepreneurs to Vie for Funding

Regional start-ups, established businesses, and other entrepreneurs will be gathering in Knoxville, Tenn., next month to compete for venture capital. ...  Read story

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The 100% commission concept pioneered by real-estate franchisor Re/Max International Inc. (INC., August 1987) continues to win converts in other service i...  Read story

A Gathering of Entrepreneurs

An interview with the CEO of Whittle Communications, who has kept his partnership thriving for years.  Read story

I'd Rather Be Flying (Myself)

Entrepreneurs have always been more likely than most folks to be private pilots; now they have new reasons to leave commercial flight behind. Here's what new...  Read story

Critical Care

A close-up look at how a small rural hospital is being brought back from the brink of ruin.  Read story

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.  Read story

Step Right Up

Whether you peddle hot sauce or high-technology hardware, an effective way to promote and sell products is to set up exhibits in airport terminals or shop...  Read story

Inc.-it-yourself

Forming a closely held corporation is perhaps one of the simplest tasks a lawyer faces. Basically, it entails filling out and mailing standard forms to th...  Read story

How To: Price and Finance a Business Purchase

This guide details what you need to know about sources of financing, getting pre-qualified, negotiating the price of the business you want to buy, and more.  Read story

Coast-to-Coast Angels

Matching service links investors and companies from all over the country.  Read story

Where Angels Fear to Fund

A list of characteristics that private investors do not want to see in a prospective investment.  Read story

A Golden Alternative

Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ...  Read story

A Health Insurance Dilemma

White Stone's health care costs were out of control. Then the quintuplets arrived.  Read story

Shopping for a Collection Agency

Comparison of costs, techniques, procedures, and special features of nine collection agencies.  Read story

New Recruitment Strategy: Ask Your Best Employees to Leave

A look at how large companies are tapping into the entrepreneurial urges of their employees.  Read story

The Road Crew

Cleaning up the nation's highways, one smog-belching vehicle at a time.  Read story

Mail

Looking Good, Idaho I live near the old Buck Knives facility in San Diego County ["Read story

Exceptions To The Rule

Why some INC. 500 companies are growing in industries that aren't.  Read story

Resources

A comprehensive guide, including phone numbers, to resources for various articles featured in the July issue of Inc.  Read story

A Health Insurance Dilemma

White Stone's health care costs were out of control. Then the quintuplets arrived.  Read story

Hot Spots

INC.'s annual ranking of America's cities  Read story

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Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 1976-80 Per...  Read story

The Inc. 500

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 197781 Perc...  Read story

CRM: Software as a Customer Service

The availability of customer relationship management packages for the small and mid-size business market is growing, particularly in the on-demand or softwar...  Read story

If I Had a Hammer…

Six entrepreneurs on how they'd fix a very public mess.  Read story

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read story

Hot Cities, Hot Sites

The cover story of the December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, " Best Cities to Start and ...  Read story

Brains Over Bucks

You don't have to outspend the competition, says Streetfighters, a retail trade organization: Outthink them.  Read story

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

Trade Secrets

Good old-fashioned barter can help companies acquire goods without cash and discover new marketing opportunities.  Read story

The Cheapest CEO in America

After a cross-country search, we found the cheapest CEO in America. Here's what he has to say about frugality.  Read story

Almanac

A statistical guide to the metro areas and states that are home to the most start-ups per capita, the top 20 types of new ventures, and the most popular home...  Read story

Life Lessons

The simple, sincere, and unwavering approach that turned the T-shirt company Life Is Good into an $80 million cultural phenomenon, OR, How I learned to stifl...  Read story

Jackpot!

Before Steve Lipscomb launched the World Poker Tour, poker had a vaguely seedy rep. Now it's a national obsession, and the WPT is a public company with a mar...  Read story

The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America

Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies.  Read story

Low Rent

While the price of commercial space varies from region to region, here are five ways to actually save rental money.  Read story

The 500

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read story

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The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot...  Read story

Why Good Entrepreneurs Make Bad Investors

Investing is complicated for everybody, but does anyone bring more baggage to the task than an entrepreneur? Here's how to overcome the personal finance chal...  Read story

Hot Zones

A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did.  Read story

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